Black H'mong girls with their characteristic back-baskets
Two Dao women stride purposefully forth - one in blue...
Some H'mong women having a laugh over something.
The market
And from further up the steps
A footwear stall
More H'mong - note how the hats don't actually cover...
A public space
Patterned tiling on the pavement
Some local girls
A very old H'mong woman
Stopping for a chat
Mushrooms drying in the sun
The H'mong men carry baskets too
We've been rumbled.
Two H'mong women: one with basket, one with baby
The lake, with mostly smart hotels beyond
A moment of contemplation
The pavement has many uses...
...as indeed do the tree guards if you can't afford...
Another view of the lake - that's an island on the right.
One of the H'mong men
View back along the lake
Looking the other way, out of town and into the mountains
Those are typical Vietnamese houses, with the sides...
The main junction in this very attractive town
Presumably something celebrating the ethnic...
Another attractive park
A throng of basket-bearing Black H'mong girls
A spectacular Dao headdress
Solutions, and note the 'English Pub' blackboard - a...
Solutions again - we did send this to Private Eye...
Sudden view from between two houses
This Dao woman was happy to pose for us - for a few...
A market garden on the edge of town
These props look a trifle excessive, but no doubt...
The dentist
Much new development on the hillside - let's hope it...
The Russian jeep that brought us back from our trek
School assembly - note the woman behind the children...
...who has dragged these two miscreants very roughly...
A posh new hotel nearing completion
That might be the wonderfully named Mount Fansipan...
The excellent Baguette et Chocolat, which we stumbled...